Your 2 Cents' Worth: Friday, March 14, 2014

I am 71 years old. When I grew up just north of Des Moines, we never saw deer, wild turkey or bald eagles. Let's not mess up again. Please be careful with nature.

- Hopeful in 50035

Where are the deer in Iowa? I just saw several near my house, and they'll be around this summer to damage my wildlife habitat. My land is hunted, but the deer hide on my neighbors' land. No one talks about the many pockets of deer overpopulation in Iowa or the landowners who don't allow hunting and don't care about the impacts on their neighbors.

- Rural Iowan

Research has shown that when there are more than a dozen deer per square mile, native vegetation starts to suffer and so do songbirds, butterflies and other wildlife. Some locations in Iowa have more than 50 deer per square mile, which is awful. Iowa's deer problem has not been solved.

- Living in a problem area

If slightly less-weak hog lot regulations will supposedly cost Iowa jobs, let's just end all hog lot regulations so we can have a job bonanza! Iowa is closer than any other state to putting the hog lot industry in charge of state government, so we might as well make it official.

- Iowa, Where the Dead Zone Begins

Our country is on the wrong path and our population is too dumb and lazy to do anything about it.

- Just like Rome fell

I've never had a professional manicure, no expensive jewelry, I don't buy name brand clothes, no tattoos, never on welfare, but my nice house in the suburbs is paid for, our cars are paid for, and when we need a new car, we will pay cash. We are just average wage earners who use our money wisely.

- Debt free and happy

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Your 2 Cents' Worth: Friday, March 14, 2014

I am 71 years old. When I grew up just north of Des Moines, we never saw deer, wild turkey or bald eagles. Let's not mess up again. Please be careful with nature.